charter schools
Chicagoans take to the streets against school cuts
July 23, 2014The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.
Read moreDe Blasio calls for unity in the fight for quality education
March 28, 2014In an effort to set the record straight and heal a rift with New York State's Gov. Cuomo and charter school supporters, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a major speech on his education...
Read moreDo we need public education?
March 18, 2014The public pays for charter schools through their taxes, has no input into their educational practices. Unlike Chicago public schools, neither parents nor community control anything a charter school does.
Read moreHang in there, Mayor de Blasio
March 17, 2014The wolves of Wall Street are out to destroy New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's universal pre-kindergarten plan.
Read moreAFT exposes for-profit charter school industry
March 6, 2014AFT is launching a campaign to expose the for-profit charter school industry as more interested in profits for its CEOs and stockholders than it is in teaching kids.
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